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ELGIN (AP) — Police in suburban Elgin will soon start wearing body cameras after the city council approved a plan to buy them.

The Wednesday vote means that the first group of 30 to 35 officers will begin wearing the cameras by February. The entire 182-member department — including the chief — is expected to start wearing cameras by the end of 2017.

CHICAGO (AP) — The manager of a suburban Chicago tobacco shop has pleaded guilty to defrauding the state out of nearly $400,000 and sentenced to two years in prison.

In a news release, Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office says that Tale Aburukbeh of Chicago was also ordered to pay $392,160 in restitution after pleading guilty to filing fraudulent sales tax returns.

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Illinois hunters harvested about 8.5 percent fewer deer during the seven-day firearm season that ended Sunday compared to last year.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday that hunters this year harvested 79,429 deer. That's compared to the seven days of the firearms season in 2015 when hunters harvested 86,847 deer.

CHAMPAIGN (AP) — The Illinois State Geological Survey says it has been awarded a pair of federal grants worth a total of more than $12.6 million to try to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions from the use of fossil fuels.

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is set to sign legislation that provides billions of dollars in subsidies to Exelon Corp. so the power giant can keep unprofitable nuclear plants running in Clinton and the Quad Cities.

CHICAGO (AP) — As Illinois remains without a budget, legislative leaders and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner are succeeding more at frustrating each other than at striking a deal to end an 18-month budget impasse that is damaging the state's fiscal health every day.